/* Author: David McCoy dave.mccoy@cospandesign.com
 *
 *     This file is part of DLCM\SubServ.
 *
 *  DLCM\SubServ is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  DLCM\SubServ is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with DLCM\SubServ.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 */

/*
 * ProviderGuiGenerator.java
 *
 * This class is meant to be extended by all future providers
 * 
 */

package com.cospandesign.gui.providers;

import java.util.HashMap;
import lcm.lcm.LCM;
import lcm.lcm.Provider;
import lcm.lcm.URLParser;


public class ProviderGuiGenerator {

    /** Creates new form GuiProvider */
    protected Provider mProvider;
    protected String Network;

    //URL Checks
    private String url;
    private URLParser mURLParser;

    private boolean ProviderGoodFlag = false;
    private String ProviderStatus;

    public ProviderGuiGenerator (){
        
    }

    public boolean isProviderGood(){
        return checkURL();
    }
    public String getStatusString (){
        if (ProviderStatus == null){
            ProviderStatus = new String("");
        }
        return ProviderStatus;
    }

    protected void setStatusString (String status){
        ProviderStatus = status;
    }

    public boolean checkURL() {
        try {
            mURLParser = new URLParser(url);
        }
        catch (IllegalArgumentException e ){
            return false;
        }

        if (mURLParser.get("protocol") == null){
            return false;
        }
        if (mURLParser.get("network") == null){
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    //Override me
    public HashMap<String, String> getProviderVariables(){
        return null;
    }

    public LCM GenerateProvider (){
        return null;
    }

}
